The Lions and Men in Blue Tokyo played their first match of the season at BST Nagasawa. Men in Blue were fielding a team of 8 players, whilst the Lions were at full strength and fielding 2 new players; Nived Nambiar and George Loran.
The Lions batted first and ran up an impressive score of 176/6. Noah and Timmy retired when they reached their maximum permitted scores. Hugo and George were also not out at the end of the Innings. Nishanth Chilumula was the standout bowler for Men in Blue taking 4 wickets for 21 runs.
When it was Man in Blues turn to bat, the Lions bowling and fielding was too much and the team were out for a total of 34/10 (3 players batting twice, as the rules permit).
Stats: Highest scoring batsman : Noah & Timmy (39 each), best batting strike rate : Hugo (200), most wickets : Timmy (4-14), best bowling economy : Kaede (0.0).
Player of the Match: Timmy
Team: Taiga Hague (Captain, Wicket Keeper), Leo Wisessintu, Timothy Moore (Vice-Captain), George Loran, Kirren Hollow, Shreyas Chandwadkar, Kaede Sommer, Hugo Wallace, Noah Michalski, Ryoga Minami, Nived Nambiar
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